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    whatjruthsaid replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    What a great article! It's not very often we see anyone talk about the ethical and moral fibers of current SEO practices like this. This...
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    whatjruthsaid replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    What a great article! This article sticks out in so many ways. The linking portion of this article is becoming even more clear with...
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    I agree, this situation has completely gone out of hand, and the auto industry learns this from the auto service industry, take for...
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    @Dealerrefresh@chris Agreed! Community sites not only bring you link juice, but they also give you more exposure and credibility.
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    @Kyle Suss Haha, if I had it all figured out, I wouldn't be here right now. Just boggles my mind how some of these sites that provide...
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    @xstortionist Sounds like you have it all figured out then ;)
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    @Kyle Suss Kyle, I'm not an idiot, I know meta keywords are no longer a factor, I have been in this business for a long time now...
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    @xstortionist Hmm you're right. What a sketch website. I can only imagine that the keyword rich domain is a big factor on this. Like you...
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    @Kyle Suss we own saddlebag-inserts dot com to match their domain, but still no luck with out performing, I figure domain registration...
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    @Kyle Suss saddlebaginserts dot com
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    @xstortionist Let's see it :)
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    @Kyle Suss I can show you a site right now that is a competitor of one of my clients, that has no baclinks, and no content and the site...
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    @Kyle Suss I don't know, buying links seems a bit fishy to me, especially considering this is what google says "Buying or selling links...
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    @xstortionist I believe they spend the money because it still works. Case in point, the #1 rated used car store in my area buys tons of...
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    @Kyle Suss I ment to say "is not going to link to your site." trying to eat lunch and type at the same time. bare with me!
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    @Kyle Suss I agree that the older demographic is going to link to your site naturally. I just don't understand why people are willing to...
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    @xstortionist I've thought about this -- and maybe I'm just making inaccurate assumptions -- but in the auto industry I don't know if...
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    SEO is becoming a big waste of time in my opinion. You have companies building links by posting comments on blogs, doing forum posts...
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    @Umer Farooq No doubt those methods still work. In my opinion though, they're a poor way to construct an SEO plan -- especially if...
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    I wouldn't really take out paid links... or spamming/rss feeds from my toolbox. If it is highly competitive market... IMO do whatever it...
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    Kyle Suss replied to the thread Is Your Dealers SEO Strategy Ethical & Long Term?.
    I certainly agree. The only thing that I wonder is how do you compete with other sites that are loaded with tons of exact match anchor...
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    Paid links are unethical. I've noticed that some of the best links you can get to come inbound are from participating in your community...
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    There is a divide in the SEO community between behaviors that are considered unethical and those that are merely pushing the rules to...
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    Digital Marketing replied to the thread 2012 Digital Marketing Strategies Conference.
    Nice post. Your information is really good. Thank you for sharing… Digital marketing is the best way where you can drive all the traffic...
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    Digital Marketing replied to the thread 2012 Digital Marketing Strategies Conference.
    Digital marketing is the best way where you can drive all the traffic you wish, for this you must have a quality website but if you...
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